Cyprus Kiddles

  Here we are again popping in to update our blog.  We trust they aren’t too boring to our readers, but in the end when we have it printed we can rely on it to trigger some happy thoughts of our experience here. I’ve become convinced that the Cypriots wrap anything in phyllo pastry.   I’ve sampled a number of items that are shrouded in phyllo pastry.   Those lovely layers of pastry add deliciousness to anything they come near and consequently add layers to those who indulge!! A fellow senior missionary who returned home recently said she had to get home so she could lose the weight she gained on the Mediterranean diet!!   It’s totally understandable. Our district president and wife, the Browns, invited us over with the elders. The Günter's live right on the sea and hosted us for a lovely Saturday lunch.  The salad was adorned with nasturtiums from her garden.  Delish. Roland had a haircut recently.  Previously the barber was a lovely older gentleman, 80+.  This last visit it wa

Spring is bursting out.  Orange blossoms are beginning to bloom and spread their delicious scent.   Tiny iris flower in the fields. Almond trees are blooming. The name of the town Kato Drys means lower oaks.  It is a small very charming village down the hill a bit from Lefkara that we visited some time ago and wrote about.  Like Lefkara, Kato Drys is famous for embroidery and also for its bees and honey.  Nice people and charming to the max.  The honey is perhaps as good as any I have eaten.   A Cyprus one pound note featuring the small Kato Drys community.  Now replaced with the Euro. Above the little museum of Kato Drys is a lovely secluded B&B ready for summer guests. Paphos sits on the west end of the Island.  It is a lovely area along a coast of beautiful beaches and includes numerous orchards and vineyards.   Banana orchard.  The local bananas are small but really lovely. Paphos is a very small branch where we have only two missionaries.  Because it is a little further away f